Licensed Professional Counselor-Candidate
Listed compensation
$50/hr
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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Job Description
Adelphi is seeking Licensed Professional Counselor Candidates (LPC) to provide services at correctional facilities in Buena Vista, Colorado. The ideal candidates will provide professional mental health services to inmates to include formal and informal mental health evaluations, diagnostic assessments, and clinical interventions.
Job Quick Facts
- Ref #: BD-505-02
- Profession: Allied Health
- Specialty: Licensed Professional Counselor-Candidate
- Location: Buena Vista, CO
- Facility Type: Correctional facilities
- Shift Schedule: four 10-hour shifts, Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM–5:00 PM, with a working lunch
- Job Type: Contract
- Rate: $50
Requirements
- Active Colorado License as a Licensed Professional Counselor-Candidate
Responsibilities
- Provide group, brief, and individual therapy.
- Provide crisis intervention to include participation in 24 hour Mental Health On-Call Rotation.
- Assures both emergency and non-emergency transfer for inmates experiencing acute mental health needs.
- Provide clinical direction to non-clinical staff in mental health care and treatment of inmates.
- Assures accurate Information System mental health needs levels, including Psychiatric and Developmental Disability needs level codes.
- Assures continuity of care for inmates by making appropriate referral and providing necessary information and documentation for receiving units, and facilities.
- Document both handwritten and electronically in an accurate and timely manner to provide comprehensive inmate mental health records.
- Monitor inmate treatment, listen to inmate concerns and provide counseling and direction.
- Promote the safety and security of the clinical and correctional environment through conscientious observations, and sensitive item contraband control.
- Inform supervisor of any violations of safety and security through the report writing process.
- Work effectively with fellow medical staff and treatment team members.
- Any other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Professional Counselor-Candidate at Adelphi Staffing a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Counseling — ranked against 679 active Mental Health Counseling listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 34% have no call, 78% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$104k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $101k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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